SINGLES
Garden of Chains
Release date: July 23rd 2020
In the beginning of the 1990's a musical revolution shooked the heavy metal community as grunge became the popular genre of hard rocking music. It was hated by some metal fans because of the stripped down sound and image, depressing lyrics and alternative attitude. Still, bands like Alice in Chains and Soundgarden are very heavy sounding musically and grunge are therefore an important part of the history of heavy metal.
Line-up:
Mads Pedersen: lead vocals
Johannes Støle: harmony vocals
Torfinn Sirnes: rhythm guitars, bass
Stein Arild Grønås: rhythm and lead guitars
Ole Øvstedal: lead guitars and mellotron
Geir Thorstensen: drums
Produced by Torfinn Sirnes
Mixed by Stein Arild Grønås
Basic tracks engineered by Dag Erik Johansen at Athletic Sound, Halden
Lead vocals engineered by Rudolf Fredly at Sweetspot studio
Mastered by Christian Obermayer at Strype Audio
Cover art by Lavidhi Arsyad and Torfinn Sirnes
Expressions of Extremity
Release date: June 26th 2020
As heavy metal evolved in the 1980' and early 90's different extreme metal subgenres emerged with distinct creative musical and lyrical traits. This is our humble interpretation of the genres speed metal, doom metal, death metal, grindcore and black metal respectively:
1. Speed of Light
2. At the Gates of Doom
3. Scent of Death
4. Grind to the Core
5. Black Nights of Northern Darkness
Line-up:
César Moreiro: lead vocals (2, 3, 5)
Geir Arne Haaland Nordhus: lead vocals (1)
Johannes Støle: clean lead vocals (2)
Marco Alvarado: lead vocals (4)
Torfinn Sirnes: rhythm and lead guitars (1-5), bass (1, 2, 4), keyboards
Stein Arild Grønås: rhythm and lead guitars (2, 3)
John Lind: bass (3, 5), guitars (5)
Hugo Ribeira: drums (1, 3, 5)
Vidar Ingvaldsen: drums (2, 4)
Produced by Torfinn Sirnes
"Speed of Light" mixed by Vidar Ingvaldsen
"At the Gates of Doom" mixed by Rudolf Fredly
"Scent of Death" and "Grind to the Core" mixed by Stein Arild Grønås
"Black Knights of Northern Darkness" mixed by Torfinn Sirnes
Mastered by Christian Obermayer at Strype Audio
Cover art by Torfinn Sirnes
Photo by Alvaro German Vilela
Logo by Wormhole Design / Alice Malvisi
Thrash of the Titans
Release date: May 29th 2020
In the 1980's different extreme metal subgenres emerged as the music became faster, heavier and more extreme than the classic form of heavy metal. Spearheaded by Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax the fast and furious thrash metal became the most popular extreme metal genre. Our fourth single pays tribute to the classic thrash metal bands of the 80's. Show No Mercy! Kill 'Em All!
Line-up:
Mads Pedersen: lead vocals
Torfinn Sirnes: rhythm guitars, clean guitars and first solo
Stein Arild Grønås: rhythm guitar and third solo
Daniel Palmqvist: second guitar solo
John Lind: bass
Trygve André Tvedt: drums
Shout vocals by Johannes Støle, Stein Arild Grønås and Torfinn Sirnes
Produced by Torfinn Sirnes
Drums engineered by Wolfgang B. Ognøy
Vocals engineered by Rudolf Fredly
Additional editing by Rudolf Fredly
Mixed by Flemming Rasmussen at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen
Mastered by Christian Obermayer at Strype Audio
Cover art by Dimitar Nikolov
Sex, Drugs & Rock 'N' Roll
Release date: April 24th 2020
Label: Independent
Line-up:
Johannes Støle: lead and backing vocals
Torfinn Sirnes: guitars
Bernt Jansen: bass
Vidar Ingvaldsen: drums
Steffen Horn: keyboards
Mads Pedersen: backing vocals
Music and lyrics by Torfinn Sirnes
Produced by Torfinn Sirnes
Basic tracks engineered by Dag Erik Johansen at Athletic Sound, Halden
Additional editing by Rudolf Fredly
Mixed by Beau Hill
Mastered by Christian Obermayer at Strype Audio, Oslo
Cover art by Torfinn Sirnes
Band logo and song title fonts by Imagex fonts
The Priest of Maidenhead
Release date: March 22nd 2020
Label: Independent
Line-up:
Mads Pedersen: vocals
Torfinn Sirnes: rhythm guitars, melody guitars, first and second guitar solo
Bernt Jansen: bass
Vidar Ingvaldsen: drums
Daniel Palmqvist: third guitar solo
Dag Erik Johansen: "Fast Eddie" Clark fills
Music and lyrics by Torfinn Sirnes
Produced by Torfinn Sirnes
Basic tracks engineered by Dag Erik Johansen at Athletic Sound, Halden
Mixed by Rudolf Fredly at Sweetspot Studio, Vedavågen
Mastered by Christian Obermayer at Strype Audio, Oslo
Cover art by Dimitar Nikolov
1970
Release date: February 13th 2020
Label: Independent
Line-up:
Johannes Støle: lead vocals, hammond organ
Torfinn Sirnes: rhythm guitar, bass, bridge lead vocal, mellotron
Geir Thorstensen: drums
Ole Øvstedal: first and third guitar solo
Daniel Palmqvist: second guitar solo
Music and lyrics by Torfinn Sirnes
Produced by Torfinn Sirnes
Basic tracks engineered by Dag Erik Andersen at Athletic Sound, Halden
Mixed by Espen Andersen at Cederberg Studios, Kristiansand
Mastered by Christian Obermayer at Strype Audio, Oslo
Cover art by Alf Dale Wold
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Monster
Released under the name MOTESLAVENE
A cover of Kip WInger's "Monster" in Norwegian
Released in 2016
Label: Independent
Line-up:
Johannes Støle: vocals
Torfinn Sirnes: guitars, programming
Torfinn Thorsen: bass
Vidar Ingvaldsen: drums, synth solo
Music and lyrics by Kip Winger
Mixed by Vidar Ingvaldsen
Mastered by Rudolf Fredly
Breath Play
Released in 2013
Label: Independent
Line-up:
Thor Andreas Sjøen: vocals
Torfinn Sirnes: guitars
Thomas Mortvedt: guitars
Ståle Gismarvik: bass
Vidar Ingvaldsen: drums
Music by Torfinn Sirnes, Thor Andreas Sjøen and Geir Thorstensen / Lyrics by Thor Andreas Sjøen
Mixed by Vidar Ingvaldsen
Mastered Torfinn Sirnes
Sex & Sjokolade
Released under the name MOTESLAVENE
Released in 2013
Label: Independent
Line-up:
Johannes Støle: vocals
Torfinn Sirnes: guitars
Vidar Ingvaldsen: drums
Music by Torfinn Sirnes and Johannes Støle/ Lyrics by Torfinn Sirnes
Mixed by Rudolf Fredly
Mastered by Torfinn Sirnes
Gi meg fred
Released under the name MOTESLAVENE
Released in 2011
Label: Independent
Line-up:
Johannes Støle: vocals
Torfinn Sirnes: guitars, programming
Vidar Ingvaldsen: drums, synth solo
Music by Torfinn Sirnes, Vidar Ingvaldsen and John Lind / Lyrics by Torfinn Sirnes
Mixed by Rudolf Fredly
Mastered by Torfinn Sirnes
